Edward bradford james



t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD BRADFORD JAMES, OF THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,191, dated June 2, 18 91. Application filed December 24, 1890. Serial No. 375,695. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD BRADFORD JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thomasville, in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Plow, of which the following is a specifloat-ion.

This invention relates to plows; and it may be described as being an improvement on the device for which Letters Patent of the United States, No. 415,249, were granted to me on the 19th day of November, 1889.

My present invention consists in the improved oonstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. A

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the plow-point. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the wings.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

1 designates the foot ofv my improved plow, to the under side of which the flanged plate 2 is suitably secured. The front end of the foot terminates in the point 3,which is adapted to enter a socket 4, formed in the under or rear side of the plowblade 5. The latter is provided with a rearwardly-extending wing or flange 6, which is perforated to receive a bolt 7, by means of which the said blade may be secured to the foot. The latter is provided at its front end with the upwardly-extending standard S, to which the win gs or mold-boards 9 9 may be4 secured by means of bolts 10,

passing through the said standard and through perforated flanges 11 `upon the said moldboards. To the upper end of the standard I secure by means of a transverse pivotal bolt the upwardly-extending arms 12 12, the upper ends of which are fitted against the sides of the plow-beam 14 and are secured to the latter by means of clamping-bolts 15, which are arranged above and below the said beam.

The foot 1 is provided in rear of the upright or standard with a lug 16, between which and the said standard is mounted a longitudi- 22 designates an arm or bracket, which is mounted pivotally between the arms 1212 above the upright or standard, to which the latter is connected. The upper end of the arm or bracket 22 is bolted to the under side of the plow-beam, and is provided with a downwardly-extending arm 23, having a slot 24, through which passes a bolt 25, by means of which it is adj ustably connected with the heel-plate at the rear end of the plow-foot. It will be seen that by adjusting this arm or bracket the front end of the plow-beam may be raised or lowered, as may be desired, in order to regulate the draft.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily lunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed.

My improved plow is very simple in construction, and the plow-foot and adjusting mechanism comprising my invention are.

readily applicable to plows of well-known construction and manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- 1. In a plow, the herein-described foot, tai pering to a point at its front end and having an upwardly-extending standard, a beveled or inclined lug in rear of the said standard, and an upwardly-extending heel-plate at its rear end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. 2. Inaplow, the combiuation,with thehereill-described foot having the upwardly-extending standard and the beveled or inclined lug, of the plow-blade having a socket to receive the point of the foot and a perforated ange for attachment to the standard, and thev longitudinally-adjustable plate carrying IOO the Wings and having a seat upon the said lnclined lug, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

3. The combination, with the plow-foot yhaving the upward1y-extending standard, of

the arms pivoted to the upper end of the latter, the beam clamped between the upper ends of said arms, a. bracket mounted pivotally between said arms, secured to the under side ofthe beam and having a downwardly-extending arm provided with a slot at 

